# NTSB CEN17WA279: Piper Piper J3C-65, Laukaa, Finland, July 19, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 19, 2017, 09:03 local (09:03 UTC)
- Place: Laukaa, Finland
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA279
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95640/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA279

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 19, 2017, about 0903 coordinated universal time, a Piper J3C-65 airplane, Finnish registration OH-PAD, was destroyed when it collided with the trees and terrain near Laukaa, Finland. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane departed a private airstrip near Laukaa, Finland, about 0855, and was returning to that same airstrip when it collided with trees and terrain. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Finnish government. Any further information may be obtained from: Safety Investigation Authority, Finland. Ratapihantie 9, 00520 Helsinki, Finland tel. +358 2956 66870 fax. +358 9876 4375 This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the BEA of France.

## Aircraft

- Registration: OH-PAD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper Aircraft Corporation Piper J3C-65 (65)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12522
- Engines: Teledyne Continental Continental C 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Departed: PVT, Laukaa
- Destination: Lapland

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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